3<\/p>\n Shedeur Sanders is one of the biggest names to emerge from college football in recent yearsCredit: Getty 3<\/p>\n After a tough draft and doubts over his ability and attitude, Sanders is finally starting to show his mettle on the field for the BrownsCredit: The Mega Agency<\/p>\n The 23-year-old<\/a> connected with wide receiver Kaden Davis twice in the second quarter to give the Browns a 14-7 lead going into half-time.<\/p>\n His performance seemed to impress head coach Stefanski, who praised Sanders and his linkup with his teammates on offense.<\/p>\n In a post-game interview, Stefanski told reporters: “[I’m] pleased with Shedeur, pleased with the offense,”<\/p>\n “Again, not perfect. Plenty that we can work on. <\/p>\n “But I thought the guys did a really nice job of Shedeur operating, the guys making plays, so again, a ton to teach on.”<\/p>\n Sanders made headlines during the 2025 draft for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n After a stellar final year of college football<\/a> playing for his father Deion’s Colorado Buffaloes<\/a> team, Sanders was in contention to be a first-round draft pick.<\/p>\n However, it was not until the fifth round, the 144th pick,<\/a> that the Browns snapped him up.<\/p>\n When asked how Sanders’ performances had affected the QB depth chart, Stefanski remained non-committal…<\/p>\n “We’re really just focused on developing our players. We’re in evaluation mode.<\/p>\n Cleveland Browns Roster Shakeup: Kenny Pickett and Shedeur Sanders Minicamp Battle<\/p>\n NFL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE<\/p>\n (All times ET)<\/p>\n Thur 4 Sept Fri 5 Sept Sun 7 Sept Mon 8 Sept “I’m pleased with where the guys are, but I’m not diving into a quarterback competition.”<\/p>\n Of his performance, Sanders said: “I’m comfortable with being uncomfortable, so that’s what it is.<\/p>\n “I got pockets of finding my rhythm and I got to get into that quicker, regardless of anything. <\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Shedeur is the son of NFL icon and Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion SandersCredit: Getty<\/p>\n “But overall, I felt like me out there, and I couldn’t do it, of course, without the time. <\/p>\n “I couldn’t do it without the playcalling. I couldn’t do without anything.”<\/p>\n During Sanders’ draft troubles, his father Deion<\/a> was undergoing a more grave struggle<\/a>.<\/p>\n ‘Coach Prime’ announced he had undergone treatment for bladder cancer,<\/a> but has since been declared cancer free<\/a> and has returned to coaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND BROWNS head coach Kevin Stefanski has given his take on Shedeur Sanders’ role with the Browns after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[254,117,86,85,54,2337,331,792,257,7,22093,6,578,17,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-274426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-atlanta-falcons","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-browns","11":"tag-cleveland","12":"tag-cleveland-browns","13":"tag-clevelandbrowns","14":"tag-college-football","15":"tag-colorado-buffaloes-football","16":"tag-dallas-cowboys","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-longtail","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-section-sportamerican-football","21":"tag-shedeur-sanders","22":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114999188899370680","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Shedeur](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shedeur-sanders-12-cleveland-browns-1015204655_79b782.jpg\")
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